C's bad mood

C had a rough evening yesterday.  We went to this baby shower and of course there were lots of kids there.  C wanted to play with them I think... He did not say so but knowing him, I assumed he would want to join into their games and run around with them.  In fact, there was a group of boys playing basketball in the street when we got there and C approached them and said "pass it to me", referring to the ball. Of course, since the kids didn't know him and were seeing him for the very first time, they stopped playing for just a minute to stare at him.  It would have gotten awkward if I not called C back to stay with me so that we could go in and see our host.  C was not happy to just sit around a table with us and our friends.  He was curious as he usually is whenever he goes somewhere for the first time.  After awhile, I asked hubby to take him for a walk and he did but then, they were back much too soon and I knew something had happened.  When hubby had taken C inside the house to explore the premises(we were sitting in the backyard), C had tried to push the door to a bedroom open to see it but of course, hubby had stopped him.  Well, that was the beginning of C's bad mood.  He was angry and was not trying to hide it.  He came back to the table, sat down and crossed his arms frowning the whole time.  When I tried to ignore him, he tapped my arm which forced me to look at him only to see him looking back at me with a frown.  He never said a word and when I asked him what was wrong, he just kept on frowning before turning his face away from me.  I must say that he had the desired effect.  Everyone noticed that he was upset and it did put a damper on the festive mood around the table.  It lasted for a good hour if not more and it took a lot of distracting, attempts and negotiating to get him back to his regular self.  He finally turned the corner when hubby brought over a platter of fruits which caught his attention.  He immediately started sampling them and I guess he got so busy exploring the different tastes(He has oral defensiveness so he did not actually eat them), that he lost some of his anger.  After that, C actually joined us for a dance or two, taking turns dancing first with both his dad and I, then with his dad, and finally with me.  But I learned something about C last night: He has his feelings and he's not afraid to show them!